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Film Reviews: DocTalk at the Independent Film Festival of Boston — Bands of Outsiders

May 1, 2024
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Documentaries celebrating communities shine at the Independent Film Festival of Boston.

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Film Review: “Nowhere Special” — Searching for a Heart of Gold

May 4, 2024
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The relationship between the two leads keeps Nowhere Special grounded in what is the film’s moving core — a high-stakes love story between a father and a son.

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Album Review: “Letters From a Black Widow” — Stunning Missives

May 6, 2024
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A powerful performer and artist emerges in this ambitious album about being publicly ostracized and maligned — and coming back stronger.

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Film Review: “I Saw the TV Glow” — Nostalgia Trap

May 5, 2024
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“I Saw the TV Glow” is nothing short of astonishing, a defining moment in queer cinema in the making and proof positive that Jane Schoenbrun is one of our generation’s most needed filmmakers.

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Jazz Perspective: Zev Feldman – A Sherlock of a Producer with an Impressive Portfolio

April 26, 2024
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Zev Feldman is becoming one of the great sleuth-producers of our time, and his name is becoming a marker of quality.

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Music Feature: New Orleans French Quarter Festival, 2024

April 25, 2024
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Some at times sentimental observations of New Orleans’s “other” massive music confab, the French Quarter Festival.

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Film Interview: At the IFFB — “Road to Ruane” Pays Tribute to Boston’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Benefactor Billy Ruane

April 30, 2024
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“Billy Ruane built a legacy, and 14 years after his death you can still feel his presence in local clubs. He fermented a scene that still lives on today.”

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Book Review: Maya Arad’s “The Hebrew Teacher” — Balancing Conflict and Compassion

April 24, 2024
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This disturbing and beautiful book concerns itself mostly with Israelis living in America, and Maya Arad has brought her characters and their stories to life in meaningful and unforgettable ways.

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Theater Review: “Springtime for Hades”

April 25, 2024
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It’s an old tale, we know how it’s going to end, but we tell it again all the same

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Visual Arts Review: Si Lewen’s “Parade” Resurrected — Just in Time for a New War

April 23, 2024
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“Parade”‘s power does not lie in its mystery or its revelations of combat. The work, as artist Si Lewen lays it out, surveys the absurd pomp and horror of war.

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